Men's basketball heads to Central Connecticut Tuesday

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown men's basketball team will head to Central Connecticut State to take on the Blue Devils this Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. to play its first of five straight away from home.

The Bears are coming off a victory over a good Maine team, while CCSU is still searching for their first win of the season.

The game will be broadcast live on NEC Front Row. Tickets can be purchased by clicking here.

Scouting the Bears (2-4)

Kino Lilly Jr.'s 32-point performance against Maine was the first time Bear has gone for 32 in a game since Brandon Anderson '20 did so in 2019. Lilly's seven made threes were also a career-high and tied him for eighth in program history. Brian Llyod '96 and Damon Huffman '08 share the program record of nine made threes in a game.
As a team, Brown hit 11 threes against the Black Bears, the most in a game this season. To go with Lilly's seven, Paxson Wojcik hit two and Nana Owusu-Anane and Malachi Ndur each had one.
Kalu Anya posted his second game of the season with 10 rebounds against the Black Bears. Since being inserted into the starting lineup after the first game of the year, the freshman has averaged 7.6 points and 7.2 rebounds per game.

Scouting the Blue Devils (0-7)

Four of CCSU's losses on the year have been by single digits, as the Blue Devils have taken Quinnipiac (two points), Lafayette (five), UMBC (two), and Maine (eight) down to the wire.
Kellen Amos leads the Blue Devils with 13.1 points per game. The junior averages a team-high two made threes per game.
Andre Snoddy is the team's top rebounder at 6.4 per game. The 6-6 sophomore has started all seven games and contributes 9.4 points per contest as well.

History

Brown leads the all-time series at 8-5, including a 5-1 edge in the previous six.
Last season, the Bears claimed a 75-57 victory in Providence. Lilly led all scorers with 22, while Wojcik and Dan Friday were also in double figures with 12 and 11 respectively.

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Men's basketball heads to Central Connecticut Tuesday

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Players Mentioned

Kalu Anya

Dan Friday

Kino Lilly Jr.

Malachi Ndur

Nana Owusu-Anane

Paxson Wojcik

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Men's basketball heads to Central Connecticut Tuesday

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Kalu Anya

Dan Friday

Kino Lilly Jr.

Malachi Ndur

Nana Owusu-Anane

Paxson Wojcik

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